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Doomsday Machines

Doomsday Machines

Season 5 Episode 35
5:35
The Cheerios Effect

The Cheerios Effect

Season 5 Episode 37
5:08
Should You Eat Everyday?

Should You Eat Everyday?

Season 5 Episode 38
4:38
The Romantic Lure of Moonlight

The Romantic Lure of Moonlight

Season 5 Episode 40
3:46
Why Do You Love Your Family?

Why Do You Love Your Family?

Season 5 Episode 43
6:56
How Atom Bombs Can Uncover Forged Art

How Atom Bombs Can Uncover Forged Art

Season 5 Episode 44
5:06
Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

Season 5 Episode 45
7:39
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It's Okay to Be Smart

Do You Really Have Two Brains?

Season 5 Episode 33

Are you a left-brained person or a right-brained person? Spoiler: You’re neither.

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We learn about all the reasons that Earth’s climate changes, natural and otherwise.
The Crime Wave We Can Blame on… Neutron Stars?
12:31
Turns out, we can blame it all on neutron stars and some oddities of the periodic table.
Why is Puberty so Weird?
10:00
Join Joe in this whirlwind tour of the endocrine system to find the answers.
Why No One Can Agree What’s Really the Tallest Mountain
8:29
Is Everest the tallest mountain on Earth? The answer is not as simple as you might think.
Trying to Land a Plane (to Prove a Point)
17:59
Turns out we’re all at risk of being overconfident about something.
Why You Can’t Smell Yourself?
19:10
There's an absolutely weird, but surprisingly common phenomenon called sensory adaptation.
Making a Hurricane Indoors (For Science)
11:50
Scientists in Florida can recreate a Category 5 hurricane in a box the size of a bedroom.
Are Humans Still Evolving?
10:41
Are humans still evolving? And how have our technological advances affected the process?
How Illusions Can Explain Reality
19:07
Illusions teach us how our brain constructs a three-dimensional reality using 2-D images.
Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics?
22:18
Joe talks biology with science communicator extraordinaire Prof. Brian Cox.
Why Don't Big Animals Get More Cancer?
9:42
We explore why animals like whales, elephants, and other large animals not get cancer.
What’s Actually on the Other Side of a Mirror?
10:16
The real magic of mirrors is far stranger and more interesting, as you’re about to learn.
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